Jarucia Paralee Ashley Stanfield

Birth: 13 Jan 1863
Alabama, USA
Death: 13 Feb 1933 (aged 70)
Alabama City, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Burial: Conn Cemetery

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Jarucia Paralee Ashley Stanfield was the Daughter of John R. Ashley (July 1820SC-abt. 1915AL) and Laura Ann Pruitt Ashley (July 1825-aft. 1900), Jarucia Paralee was the Wife of William Willis Moses "W.M." Stanfield, Jr. and the Sister of:
(1.) Edward Simpson Ashley (1840-1921)
(2.) Mary Elizabeth Ashley (1843-1922)
(3.) Lucinda Ashley (1846)
(4.) Margaret Caroline Ashley (Oct 1847)
(5.) Frances "Fannie" Ashley (May 1849)
(6.) John Ashley (1853-1893)
(7.) Ella Berton Lady Ashley (Jan 1854)
(8.) Dorothy Josephine Ashley(1855)
(9.) Ida Eliza Louisa M. Ashley (1857-1941)
(10.) Martha Amanda Ashley (1857-1931)
(11.)Carolina J. Ashley (1858)

Jarucia Paralee Ashley and William Willis Moses "W.M." Stanfield, Jr. were married on Nov. 16, 1882 at the home of Jarucia's Father, John Ashley. Their Children were:
(1.) Marietta Stanfield (1883-1948)
(2.) Sarah Frances Stanfield (1885-1961
(3.) Laura D. Stanfield (1889-1975)
(4.) James Richard Stanfield (1893-1972
(5.) Wheeler Stanfield (1897-1934
(6.) Hershel V. Stanfield (1898-1982)
(7.) Lola Mae Stanfield (1901-1993)
(8.) Dollie Lady Stanfield (1904-2001)
(9.) Ada Lee Stanfield (1908-1909)

Most of my Stanfields worked at the Cotton Mill in Alabama City and Farmed. The ladies of the family that worked there also took in sewing and cleaned homes for extra income during the Depression years. They had gardens and yard chickens and some of the family in the rural areas had hogs. During the Depression, they shared with each other and traded among themselves vegetables and meat. They were people of faith and they were well respected in their community.

Many of Jarucia Paralee Ashley Stanfield's grandchildren, have cherished memories and fond memories of her today. I understand in talking with them, that she was a very loving Grandmother and that she had a good sense of humor. Several of her grandchildren called her "Mama" instead of Grandmother, as they were that close to her.